SBI PO 2015 MAINS Exam Analysis,Section & Topic wise

SBI PO 26th July 2015 MAINS Exam Analysis

State bank of India (SBI) has conducted the SBI PO MAINS Examination on 26th of July 2015 for all those candidates who had earlier qualified their Preliminary examination and called for the mains examination.
There were 200 questions in the Objective paper (4 sections of 50 questions each) which was later followed by the Descriptive Exam.

Below is the analysis of each section:-

Reasoning section Analysis of SBI PO Mains 2015 —
Questions from Data Sufficiency, Statement and Argument, Higher Reasoning, Input & output, Comparison of rank, Syllogism, Puzzles, all formed a part of this section. Puzzles were difficult, Input/Output was also difficult but Syllogism was doable, Critical Reasoning was easy. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.

Here is the number of questions from each topic:

Topic

No. of Questions

Input-Output

5 Questions

Syllogism

5 Questions

Puzzles

2 questions of 6 marks each
and 1 question of 5 marks

Data Sufficiency

5 Questions

coding and decoding

5 Questions

Miscellaneous (Ranking Test, Direction Test, Blood Relation, etc.)

8 Questions

General Awareness/Computer/Marketing —
This section consisted of questions from Static G.K. (Banking), Current Affairs, Computer Awareness and Marketing. The Questions were mainly from the current happening of 3-4 months but also included some static questions. The Marketing questions were analytical and the computer part was doable. Overall this section was easy.

Here is the number of questions from each topic:

Topic

No. of Questions

Current Affairs

15 Questions

Banking Awareness

15 Questions

Computer Awareness

10 Questions

Marketing

10 Questions

Current affairs Questions asked in SBI PO Mains 2015

World peace day or international peace day September 21

Agartala is the capital of Tripura

CEAT Indian cricketer of the year award Ajinkya Rahane

India under 19 team Coach Rahul Dravid

Life insurance Corporation gets clearance to do business in Bangladesh

The Constitution (100th Amendment) Act, 2015 is Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between India and Bangladesh

Jim Corbett national park located in – Uttarakhand

Krishna Poonia is an Indian -Discus Thrower

The Omkareshwar Dam is a dam on – Narmada River

68 Cannes film festival critics prize(Indian Film) – Masaan

Forward Markets Commission to merge with – SEBI

Volkswagen is a – “GERMANY” Car Manufacturer

Katasraj temple in which country- Pakistan

Maximum amount of Pension in APY- Rs. 5000

Which country agreed to lend 1165 crore for Odisha transmission system improvement project – Japan

PM Suraksha Bima Yojana Age Limit- 18-70

Who is Irvin rose-American Biologist

Omkareshwar dam – Madhya Pradesh

Indian IT company ranked 57th in US- TCS

Data Analysis and Interpretation —
This section was heavily dominated by the questions revolving around percentages. Questions from Line Graph, Bar Graph, Pie Chart and Table were asked in this section. Questions from Quadratic Equations were there. As compared to the last year’s SBI PO Exam, this section was lengthier and more difficult.

English Language —
Overall this was moderate. The section comprised of questions based on Antonyms/Synonyms, Error Spotting, Reading Comprehension, FIB (2 blanks), Para-jumbles and Cloze test. The difficulty level of the Reading Comprehensions was difficult to moderate. The 10 blanks cloze test was a tad bit difficult. The difficulty level of Error spotting, FIB and Para jumbles was easy to moderate.

Topic

No. of Questions

Reading Comprehension

2 passages with 10 questions each

Para jumbles

5 Questions

Error Spotting

5 Questions

Fill in the Blanks

5 questions with double spacing

Cloze Test

10 Questions

Sentence Improvement

5 Questions

Overall Analysis of SBI PO MAINS 2015 Exam —

Section

Total Questions

Good Attempts

Level of difficulty

Approximate time taken

Reasoning Ability

50

22-25

Moderate

35 min

General Awareness/ Computer/ Marketing

50

30-35

Easy

20 min

Data Analysis and Interpretation

50

12-18

Difficult

40 min

English Language

50

25-28

Easy/Moderate

25 min

Total

200

86-116

Moderate

120

Descriptive Paper:-

The Descriptive paper includes just two questions, one was Letter Writing & the other was Essay Writing. It was mainly based on the current happenings of the world. The descriptive paper was a real test for the students as they have to type their answers.

Below are the letters and essays asked in the Exam —

Letter:

Write a letter to the bank manager to share an innovative idea on File management system in banks

Write a letter to the newspaper editor on how to stop crime in city

Write a letter to your old teacher to thank him/her for making you a good human being

Essay:

Pros and cons of ‘one rank one pension’ scheme

Over-dependence on monsoon for farmers

Ethical problems of e-commerce

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